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Indonesia's palm oil export ban heats up vegetable oil market
JAKARTA: Indonesia's decision to suspend palm oil exports in the face of domestic shortages has pushed vegetable oil prices to new highs, further tightening a market already on edge due to the war in Ukraine and global warming. The prices of palm, soybean, European rapeseed and even its Canadian GMO counterpart, canola oil, have reached historic highs following Indonesia's announcement on Wednesday."We already had problems with soybeans in South...
Boosted by oil prices, ExxonMobil, Chevron throw cash at investors
LOS ANGELES: ExxonMobil and Chevron reported soaring profits Friday despite lower oil and natural gas volumes as the petroleum giants return billions of dollars to shareholders in the wake of lofty crude prices and refining margins. Both US oil giants scored huge profit increases propelled by crude prices that rose after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But both companies have thus far avoided additional capital spending increases to fund...
Eurozone economy hit by Ukraine war fallout as production declines
KUWAIT: The eurozone economy felt the fallout from the Ukraine war as output slowed and inflation stayed at record levels, official data showed Friday, imperiling Europe's recovery from the pandemic. The EU statistics agency said growth in the 19 countries that use the euro crawled along at 0.2 percent between January and March, down from 0.3 percent in the final quarter of 2021. For the European Union as a whole, gross domestic product grew by...
Keita takes Liverpool top with win
NEWCASTLE: Liverpool forged back ahead of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League as Naby Keita's solitary goal beat Newcastle 1-0 at St. James' Park. With the game sandwiched between two legs of a Champions League semi-final against Villarreal, Jurgen Klopp made five changes.The Reds could have made life easier for themselves had Sadio Mane and Diogo Jota not missed big chances to extend Liverpool's lead. However, Keita's controversial...
Ramadan bowling tourneys a success
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: As part of its plans to popularize bowling and improve the technical and physical level of players, Kuwait Bowling Club organized three Ramadan tournaments, from the start of the holy month until the end.KBC President Sheikh Talal Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and Secretary Mohammad Al-Farsi attended the closing ceremony and rewarded the winners. Tournament Director Khalid Habeeb lauded the support of the board of directors...
Grizzlies clinch playoff victory after Wolves collapse again
LOS ANGELES: Desmond Bane scored 23 points as the Memphis Grizzlies stunned the Minnesota Timberwolves with another late fourth-quarter rally to score a series-clinching 114-106 victory in the NBA playoffs on Friday. Bane made nine of 15 shots from the field including a crucial go-ahead three-pointer late in the fourth quarter as the second seeds completed a 4-2 series win to silence Minnesota's Target Center crowd in Minneapolis.It was another...
Retired sumo wrestlers fight for new careers
KYOTO: When Japanese sumo wrestler Takuya Saito retired from the sport at 32 and began jobhunting, he had no professional experience and didn't even know how to use a computer. Athletes in many sports can struggle to reinvent themselves after retirement, but the challenge is particularly acute for those in the ancient world of sumo. Wrestlers are often recruited early, sometimes as young as 15, and their formal education ends when they move into...
Health woes force Celine Dion to postpone tour
Canadian superstar Celine Dion announced Friday the postponement until 2023 of European concert dates for her "Courage World Tour," citing a persistent health issue. "I feel a little better... but I still have spasms," Dion explained in a news release, updating fans on severe involuntary muscle contractions that she began experiencing late last year."I'm so sorry to have to change the dates of the European tour again; the first time it was...
Tom Cruise unveils 'Top Gun' sequel with mid-air stunt
Tom Cruise unveiled the world-first screening of "Top Gun: Maverick" at CinemaCon in Las Vegas Thursday-introducing the long-awaited sequel while balanced atop a flying bi-plane. The new "Top Gun," which picks up the story of Maverick and his fighter pilot buddies some three decades after the blockbuster original, was scheduled to open in 2020 but was repeatedly delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic.Cruise, famous for doing many of his own stunts,...
Gunmen steal hundreds of holiday outfits from tailor
Gunmen have robbed a Pakistani tailor of more than 200 outfits made for customers ahead of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, tying up and beating his staff. Muhammad Razzaq told AFP Friday that two armed men barged into his Islamabad store before making off with 240 completed or near-finished shalwar kameez outfits - Pakistan's national dress. "The police have not been able to find any clue to the ruthless guys who turned...
A poem to Arab beauty: The fashion designs of Hana Sadiq
With verses from love poems and flowing calligraphy, Jordan-based fashion designer Hana Sadiq stitches a testament to the beauty of Arab women. In a career spanning decades, Iraqi-born Sadiq has shown her creations worldwide and dressed the stars, but she remains rooted in the traditions of her homeland. The artistic handwriting of Arabic script dominates her embroidered modern designs, with poetry or letters scattered in bright colors.She uses...
Cash-strapped Lebanon runs out of passports
BEIRUT: The agency in charge of issuing passports in Lebanon said Thursday it has stopped taking appointments for renewals because of a rush that has depleted stocks of new passports. Since 2020, requests for passport renewals have been ten times higher than in previous years, which has piled pressure on passport centers and "affected available passport stocks," General Security said in a statement.Grappling with its worst-ever financial crisis,...
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